yeah, I figured that one out pretty quickly. (right after a puzzled 'whaaaa?' when there was only one file copied) :-)
DIR wasn't giving me all of the files, so had to abandon it for now, but thanks for the idea. Jeff On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Crawford, Scott <[email protected]>wrote: > Thx**** > > ** ** > > I’d also note that the /mir switch may not be exactly the option you want > with robocopy, but that will copy the whole folder tree, deleting files at > the destination if they’re not at the source.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:23 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: file searching and copying**** > > ** ** > > Good one, Scott. > > Jeff, remember to add a % to each variable if used in a batch file, vs the > command line. > > > **** > > *ASB***** > > *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker***** > > *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market…***** > > > > **** > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Crawford, Scott <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > For /f “tokens=*” %i in (‘dir *WORDS_TO_SEARCH* /s/a/b/ad’) do robocopy > /mir “%i” DESTINATION_PATH**** > > **** > > This will search a folder tree for directorys. Change the dir command to > eliminate the /s if you only want to search the root.**** > > **** > > *From:* Jeff Bunting [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:01 AM**** > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* file searching and copying**** > > **** > > I'm attempting to search for particular words in a directory name (must use > wildcards!), and, if found, copy the the directory tree while maintaining > its structure to another directory.**** > > **** > > Are there any native tools (or reskit like robocopy) that can accomplish > this somewhat easily? **** > > **** > > thanks,**** > > Jeff**** > > ** ** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
